Be-swica

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-swica

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (big-, bí-, bi-), an; Related words:

Definitions

1 be-swica

m. A deceiver :-- Biswica deceptrix, fallax, seductrix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 13. Hé sægde ꝥ Petrus bigswica wǽre, Bl. H. 173, 21. Heó gebær þone biswican, 149, 36. Git sindon bigswicon, 187, 30. be-swica

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᛋᚹᛁᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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